Virtual WW1 Exhibitions & Collections for Research Online
The following virtual exhibitions and collections are available online. Researchers, teachers and students will find them very interesting and accessible for study of a variety of themes about the First World War. The exhibitions and collections comprise primary sources of letters and personal accounts, film and photographs.
- Ambulance Trains: Railways and the First World War
- Battle of the Somme (National Army Museum)
- Europeana 1914-18: Untold Stories of the First World War
- First World War (National Army Museum)
- First World War Poetry Digital Archive
- Ireland and the Great War
- International Encyclopedia of the First World War
- On the Ways of the Great War
- Our/Your War Stories (New South Wales State Library)
- War Horses (National Army Museum)
Ambulance Trains: Railways and the First World War
See an online virtual exhibition of the part played by ambulance trains in the First World War:
Website: railwaymuseum.org.uk Ambulance Trains
An online virtual exhibition compiled as a website for the 2014-18 Centenary is now closed, but some information is still available on the National Railway Museum (York) website. Visit the website:
Website: www.railwaymuseum.org.uk First World War
Battle of the Somme 1916 (National Army Museum)
An interactive exhibition about the Battle of the Somme 1 July - 18 November 1916 by the National Army Museum (London). The exhibition includes sections on Context, Battle, Impact and Legacy.
Website: www.nam.ac.uk Somme
Europeana-1914-1918: Untold Stories of the First World War
Photographs, letters and memorabilia from archives across the globe covering the themes of:
- The Unexpected
- News from the Front
- Family Stories
- A Soldier's Kit
- People in Documents
- Propaganda
Website: www.europeana.eu Europeana-1914-1918
The First World War (National Army Museum)
An online exhibition by the National Army Museum. Pages include photographs, maps and personal accounts.
Website: www.nam.ac.uk online exhibitions the First World War
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
The online archive comprises over 7,000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning and research.
Website: www.oxford.omeka.net
Ireland and the Great War
Website: www.rte.ie Ireland and the Great War
International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Website: www.1914-1918-online.net
On the Ways of the Great War
This is an online exhibition forming an integral part of “The Great War Remembered” project. The exhibition has been put together by the following Belgian and French organizations as a cross-border partnership:
- In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres
- Musée d épartmemental de Flandre
- Historial de la Grande Guerre, Peronne
- Caverne du Dragon-Musée, Aisne
- Département de Pas-de-Calais
- Département du Nord
The topics covered in the online exhibition include:
- Chinese workers
- Civilians on the Move
- Soldiers on and Behind the Frontline
- The British Empire on the Continent
- Remembrance Tourism
There are photographs, paintings, documents, fact sheets, teachers' notes and teaching aids within the project.
The project is available to read in English, Dutch, French and German.
Explore the online exhibition at:
Website: virtualexhibition.1418remembered.co.uk
Our/Your War Stories
Collections in the New South Wales State Library, brought together in themes to reflect Australia's experience of war. Themes include daily life at the fighting front, love and friendship, children in war, and entertainment for the troops. The collections of archive material include digitised diaries, letters, newspapers, posters and photographs.
The library is interested to hear from anyone who may be able to add to the collection or can give additional detail to the stories, photos and mementoes already held there. See the website to find out more about the collections and how you can contribute.
Website: ww1.sl.nsw.gov.au
War Horses (National Army Museum)
In the Explore online series the National Army Museum has compiled information and images about horses in the First World War including:
- Army horse care in the First World War
- Horse Heroes
- Cavalry on the Western Front
- Horse power in the First World War
- Beauty in desolation: Munnings and the First World War
Website: www.nam.ac.uk Horses
Related Topics
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